IRVINE, Calif. – May 31, 2006 – Minnesota reported 457 properties entering some stage of foreclosure in April, an 18 percent decline from the previous month but more than twice the 222 foreclosures reported in April 2005, according to RealtyTrac’s April 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.

RealtyTrac publishes the largest and most comprehensive national database of pre-foreclosure and foreclosure properties, with more than 600,000 properties from more than 2,500 counties across the country, and is the foreclosure data provider to MSN Real Estate, Yahoo! Real Estate, AOL Real Estate and Knight Ridder Online.

“Minnesota has reported a second consecutive year of robust economic growth, which has likely affected the decrease in foreclosures reported in this state,” said James J. Saccacio, chief executive officer of RealtyTrac. “There has also been a sharp increase seen in both construction and development to match the growth in income.”

With one foreclosure filing for every 4,525 households (28 percent of the national average), Minnesota‘s foreclosure rate ranked 32nd among the 50 states. Overall, the state total accounted for less than 0.50 percent of the nation’s foreclosures, with 28 states reporting more filings for the month.

Reporting 336 properties entering some stage of foreclosure, HennepinCounty accounted for the majority of the state’s foreclosure filings in April. The county’s foreclosure rate of one foreclosure filing for every 1,395 households was the highest in the state and 3.2 times the state average.

Nationwide a total of 91,168 properties entered some stage of foreclosure in April, a 10 percent decrease from the previous month but a 33 percent year-over-year increase from April 2005. This marked the second straight month of decreasing U.S. foreclosure activity. At one foreclosure filing for every 1,268 households, the national foreclosure rate for April was higher than for any month in 2005.

The RealtyTrac Monthly U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides the total number of homes in some stage of foreclosure nationwide, by state and by county. RealtyTrac’s report includes properties in all three phases of foreclosure: Pre-foreclosures — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Foreclosures — Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank).

MinnesotaForeclosure Market By County — April 2006

CountyName

NOD

NTS

NFS

LIS

REO

Total

1 in every #households

/National Average

/State Average

U.S.

21,244

38,238

2,833

9,071

19,782

91,168

1,268

—

—

Minnesota

7

359

0

0

91

457

4,525

0.28

—

Anoka

0

4

0

0

3

7

15,442

0.08

0.29

Beltrami

0

0

0

0

1

1

16,989

0.07

0.27

Benton

0

1

0

0

0

1

13,460

0.09

0.34

Blue Earth

0

2

0

0

2

4

5,493

0.23

0.82

Carlton

0

0

0

0

1

1

13,721

0.09

0.33

Carver

0

0

0

0

7

7

3,555

0.36

1.27

Chisago

0

1

0

0

0

1

15,533

0.08

0.29

Clay

0

0

0

0

1

1

19,746

0.06

0.23

Dakota

2

1

0

0

20

23

5,815

0.22

0.78

Dodge

0

2

0

0

0

2

3,321

0.38

1.36

Faribault

0

0

0

0

1

1

7,247

0.18

0.62

Fillmore

0

0

0

0

2

2

4,454

0.28

1.02

Freeborn

0

0

0

0

3

3

4,665

0.27

0.97

Hennepin

2

325

0

0

9

336

1,395

0.91

3.24

Hubbard

0

0

0

0

1

1

12,229

0.10

0.37

Isanti

0

1

0

0

2

3

4,021

0.32

1.13

Itasca

0

1

0

0

1

2

12,264

0.10

0.37

Kanabec

0

1

0

0

0

1

6,846

0.19

0.66

Koochiching

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

Le Sueur

0

1

0

0

0

1

10,858

0.12

0.42

Lyon

1

0

0

0

0

1

10,298

0.12

0.44

Meeker

0

0

0

0

1

1

9,821

0.13

0.46

Mille Lacs

0

0

0

0

1

1

10,467

0.12

0.43

Morrison

0

1

0

0

0

1

13,870

0.09

0.33

Mower

0

0

0

0

1

1

16,251

0.08

0.28

Murray

0

0

0

0

1

1

4,357

0.29

1.04

Nobles

0

0

0

0

2

2

4,233

0.30

1.07

Olmsted

0

0

0

0

9

9

5,491

0.23

0.82

Otter Tail

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

Pine

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

Ramsey

0

2

0

0

1

3

68,816

0.02

0.07

Renville

0

1

0

0

0

1

7,413

0.17

0.61

Rice

0

0

0

0

1

1

20,061

0.06

0.23

Rock

0

1

0

0

0

1

4,137

0.31

1.09

Saint Louis

1

2

0

0

11

14

6,843

0.19

0.66

Scott

0

3

0

0

1

4

7,902

0.16

0.57

Sherburne

0

1

0

0

0

1

22,827

0.06

0.20

Stearns

0

1

0

0

0

1

50,291

0.03

0.09

Waseca

0

0

0

0

2

2

3,714

0.34

1.22

Washington

0

5

0

0

1

6

12,273

0.10

0.37

Wright

1

2

0

0

5

8

4,294

0.30

1.05

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